Package carrying and tightening device



M. O. CREMONA PACKAGE CARRYING AND TIGHTENINC DEVICE I July 24, 1951 Filed May 20, 1950 INVENTOR. Adria 0. Cremona BYMOJLW of a packageorthe' likewithin 'th D VICE H Mario 0. Cremona, N ew' Y ork,

1 The present invention s and,- ar yins dev to a1; devicewhich' m.

gether various articles, sueh'as book's and the like, thait are to be carried trom p lace to plaoi'il 01516310515015 the.pre entimren ion is t e provision "of a device of the character described, which I prefer to call a Peak a Pack, and which has a convenient carrying handle and means for tightly and speedily attaching thereto any wrapped or unwrapped package, so that it no v longer will be necessary to tighten a package by; means of strings, ribbons or the like and then.

I te.for' s tririgs;carrying ases and the likjei which hitherto ave j een used" r 1; holding to- Application so, 1950, siiaiNd. 1:6 1;Claim'.- (o1. 224-;54)

relatesto; improvements to grasp it atla portion of astring or the like for carrying it, or'to attach. a' separate handl thereto. Y v

provision -'of a device, of the character described which permits the tightening and untightening v I shortest possible timeand without", .th appl ation of any provision-of'a device of the= oharacter described A furth r'object 0 f.-thej present i vention is the p Another object of the present invention isthe, I

Thenumeral 22 denotes a pair of belts or strong ribbons of leather fabric, or of any other suitable which is light in we'ightjandismalllin.sizej so.c"-

that it can be stored or' carried as considerably smaller. space'th'an I I while itis not'being used for rcarrymg: purposes,

nd'in a g -cases;

' .30 and whichis' simple in construction,inexpensivef to manufacture, of a pleasing outerpappearance, sturdy, durable, andewell adaptedafor'thepurpose .for which it is intended. 1

With the ,foregoing and other;v objects in View which will appear.- as the.descriptionproceeds,"the invention consists: of. certain novel details"-of--con-' struction -and" combinations'otfpart "h reinafter more fully describedand-po ntedou mtheclaim;

it. bei g; understood that han es? maybe made tionas claimed.

Inthe accompanying drawing a preferred form of theinventionis shown;

In said drawing:

Figure 1 isa reduced alone, fractionally in vertical section; "and, i

in theJJcon'str'uction and jarrangementfo'f parts 'withoutid'eparting from the spirit of the invene "8 as extend 30 as shown, or the like.

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diatetlie latter, there, is provided ahandlel s which pin 1'32 Jar. t

a the housings t, and the ends lil' of the shaftj-ay 1 are formed as rivet heads it! or the like, in order to prevent an axial movement of the parts 6 and 8 relative to the housings 5. A ratchet wheel i2 is secured tothe shaft 8 adjacent'one of the housingst, and a pawl lever i4 is tiltably attached to the last mentioned housing-L One end of the lever-"M is providedwith al trigger-shapedportion It, while the other end [of the lever M is shaped as a pawl which engages theciroumferentitl teeth gr-the wheel a 2. At is there is se en ed to-said last mentioned housing a spring 26"-,' :which 'tends to tiltthe lever M into "such a' position that it-engages the ratchet wheel I2 and permits the'same torevolve inla clockwise 'direc iononly.

bendable material, such as thin steel or the like,

7 of equal length. Each beltEZ is formed a sfa'loop and extends through a perforated portion. at the bottom of each housing i- Within e ac'h'housing 4 each belt 22 has one of its ends, stationarily secured to the housing 4 at 28', While its other end is secured to-that portion'of' the shaft 8' which is within the housing 4, by means' of rivets Thus the belts 22 can be wound upon the shaft 8 by rotating the handle 6. A longitudinal plate 24 has ineachf ef its end portions-a pair of slots 25 throughwhich the belts 22' are slidably extended. In order to attach-the device to a package 28;the belts 22 are unwound from the shaft 8 to such an extent that ;they:1form" loops of suflicient sizefor encompassing fthe ack-'- side elevation of -a'pre ferred embodiment of'my invention;attachedtoj .apackage;"

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevationof: the device Fig. 3, is. a sectional view on theilinef3+3 of Fig.2.. I imilar. reference characters refer to similar parts'throughOut the severalviewsj j age 28, and the latter is then inserted said loops.v

' For unwinding the belts 22, the 'tri gger' por-f tion 16 is depressed while portions of" the belts I 22 are being pulle'dout'of the housings' l. l-' When 7 the package 2e has been passed'through said loops, the plate 24' preferably is shiftedbn the belts 22 to a position in whiohit islocated at the bottomiof the-Epackage 28. Thereupon, after releasing'the trigger portion" it; the handle 6 is rotatednin a clock-Wise direction untilfthe I belts'22. aretight'on'the' package 28. Thus-the denotesia sub--.

, orizontalspaciri (ine'mbe'r'which is secured to, orformedas, a un t with the lower portions. of a pair of bearing membe'r's which. preferably are termed as housings l.'- Intermelatter can be tightened and provided with a convenient carrying handle almost instantaneously, and my new and improved device can be re-used, after it has been detached from a package, on other packages of various sizes and shapes.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended thatall, matter contained in the above description "or shown "in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the followin claim is intended to cover all of the-generic and specific features of the invention herein dehousings, a ratchet wheel being secured to said tionof said shaft and each belt forming a loop wh'oseend portions extendi'throu'gh 'the slots on the bottoms of said housings, and a plate having 1 *in each of its end portions a pair of perforations scribed, and all statements of the scope ;o f the to each other, a shaft having its end portions 7 rotatably extended into saidhousings, a handle being secured to said shaft intermediate said through which pass said belts.

MARIO o. CREMONA.

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